In
this series of prints, a well known actor represents each of the twelve
months.á The series is listed as number
211 in Kuniyoshi by Basil William
Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961).á The prints are each about 14 by 10 inches (36
by 25 centimeters), a size known as ˘ban.

January:
Kite with the face of actor Band˘ Mitsugor˘ IV and actor Ichikawa Danjűr˘ VIII as a lobster or prawná